WEBVTT HANNAH: THIS DOOR WILL OPEN ONELAST TIME AS CRAWFORD HALLFAMILY SHELTER ON JUNE 30, BUTTHOSE LIVING AND WORKING HEREARE READY TO FIGHT THATDECISION. JESSICA LUDWIG AND HER 4CHILDREN HAVE CALLED THIS ROOMHOME FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.>> I WANT TO BE, HAVE MORE ADULTTHINGS, BUT I'VE JUST HAD THEBIGGEST STRUGGLE HAVING ANYBODYTAKE ME JUST BECAUSE OF MYRECORD. HANNAH: SHE'S NOT ALONE.THOSE AT THE SHELTER SAY THEROOMS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS FULL.BUT SOON, IT WILL BE EMPTIED.>> IT'LL BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULTTO SAY GOODBYE TO CRAWFORD HALL.HANNAH: CORNERSTONE CHURCH OUTOF AMES ACQUIRED THE BUILDINGLAST FALL.THE NEW OWNERS, ALONG WITH THECRAWFORD HALL BOARD, WANT TOCLOSE IT DOWN, RENOVATE IT, ANDPOTENTIALLY REOPEN IT AS AFAMILY TRANSITION CENTER.BUT THOSE WHO WORK AT THESHELTER FEEL LIKE THESEDECISIONS WERE MADE WITHOUTTHEM.>> I WAS MAD.I WAS REALLY UPSET.THIS PLACE HAS AND CAN AND DOESHELP SO MANY PEOPLE. >> OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HADALREADY DECIDED THAT THEY WEREDONE.THEY WEREN'T GOING TO TRY TO, IGUESS, PURSUE TALKINGCORNERSTONE INTO ANYTHING. HANNAH: KATHY PINKERTON IS THEDIRECTOR OF THE SHELTER.SHE'S BEEN TOLD A LACK OFFUNDING IS PARTLY TO BLAME, BUTSHE SAYS THEY HAVE THE FUNDS.AND NOW THE STAFF IS LEFT WITHTHE HARD PART -- TURNING NEWFAMILIES AWAY.>> IT'S JUST A HOPELESSSITUATION.IT FEELS LIKE A HOPELESSSITUATION. HANNAH: LUDWIG SAYS SHE PLANS TOMOVE TO DUBUQUE ONCE THE SHELTERCLOSES, BUT SAYS SHE'S WORRIEDABOUT THE OTHERS AND HAS AMESSAGE FOR THOSE MAKING THESEDECISIONS.>> IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT,IT'S ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLENEED, ESPECIALLY DURING A HARDTIME. IN BOONE, HANNAH HILYARD, KCCI 8

Residents of a homeless shelter in Boone have received an eviction notice as the shelter plans to close this summer.

Crawford Hall Family Shelter board members said it will close at the end of June and reopen under a different agency.

Workers at the shelter said they feel blindsided, and they’re ready to fight the decision to close.

Families, including Jessica Ludwig and her four children, will have to say goodbye to what they called home for the past two years.

“I want to have more adult things, but I’ve just had the biggest struggle having anybody take me just because of my record,” Ludwig said.

She’s not alone. Those at the shelter told KCCI the rooms are almost always full, but soon they will be empty.

“It’ll be incredibly difficult to say goodbye to Crawford Hall,” said Sarah Swift, Crawford Hall coordinator. “I was mad. I was really upset. This place has and can and does help so many people.”

Cornerstone Church in Ames acquired the building last fall, and the new owners, along with the Crawford Hall board, said they want to close it down, renovate it and potentially reopen it as a family transition center.

But shelter workers feel as if the decisions were made without them.

“Our board of directors had already decided that they were done,” said Kathy Pinkerton, Crawford Hall Family Shelter director. “They weren’t going to try to, I guess, pursue talking Cornerstone into anything.”

Pinkerton said she was told a lack of funding is partly to blame, but she said they have the funds. And now the staff is left with the hard part -- turning families away.

“It’s just a hopeless situation,” Swift said. “It feels like a hopeless situation.”

Ludwig said she plans to move her family to Dubuque once the shelter closes, but she’s worried about the others.

“It’s not about what you want, it’s about what other people need, especially during a hard time,” Ludwig said.

The shelter’s board said in a statement that it wants the new family transition center to continue providing shelter and support for families.

A community forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at Boone’s First United Methodist Church.